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JOHN SCHMIDT is a loser. He's an overweight mall cop plagued with nightmares. His only joy in life comes from singing karaoke at the local dive bar. Feeling adventurous, John goes out to a trendy Goth club to see an old friend perform - an old friend that died five years ago. A few days later John wakes up to find the naked dead body of a missing co-worker on his kitchen floor. Then things gets really weird... John soon discovers that he comes from a long line of losers cursed to save the world from an unknown evil-an evil so absolutely terrible that it threatens to destroy the universe with its own nightmares. Armed with absolutely nothing other than his father's notebook and a beat up Buick, John must ultimately decide if this world is even worth saving-saving from the evil that is only known by one word...THE. TACKETT TAKES THE READER ON A FIRST PERSON TECHNICOLOR HELL- RIDE ALONG THE BLOOD SOAKED LINE BETWEEN REALITY AND NIGHTMARE. CRUDELY FUNNY AND STRANGELY INTROSPECTIVE, THE WILL HAVE YOU LAUGHING, CRINGING, AND LEAVING THE LIGHT ON AT NIGHT. THIS BOOK WILL DO FOR SNUGGIES WHAT JAWS DID FOR SHARKS!